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Chordates
Phylum CHORDATA
Reptiles
Class REPTILIA
Alligators, Crocodiles, Caimans
FAMILIES: Alligatoridae, Crocodylidae
Horned Lizards, Iguanas, Monitor Lizards, Skinks, Side-Blotched Lizardsm, Spiny Lizards, Whiptails
FAMILIES: Iguanidae, Scincidae, Phrynosomatidae, Teiidae, Varanidae
Coachwhips, Garter Snakes, Gopher Snakes, Rat Snakes, Rattlesnakes
FAMILIES: Colubridae, Viperidae
Box Turtles, Pond Turtles, Snapping Turtles, Softshell Turtles, Tortoises
FAMILIES: Chelydridae, Emydidae, Testudinidae, Trionychidae
Crocodillians
Order CROCODYLIA
Alligators/Caimans
Family ALLIGATORIDAE
American Alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
ALBUQUERQUE BIOPARK ZOO (SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES)
American Crocodile
Crocodylus acutus
J.N. "DING" DARLING NWR (SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES)
SANIBEL, FL
Lizards/Snakes
Order SQUAMATA
Common Name:
Beaded Lizards (Gila monster)
Iguanas
Monitor Lizards
Skinks
Spiny/Short-Horned Lizards
Whiptails
Common Name:
Colubrid Snakes
Vipers
Family:
Colubridae
Viperidae
Lizards
Suborder SAURIA
Beaded Lizards
Family HELODERMATIDAE
Gila monster
Heloderma suspectum
RATTLESNAKE MUSEUM, ALBUQUERQUE
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Iguanas
Family IGUANIDAE
Grand Cayman Blue Iguana
Cyclura lewisi
ALBUQUERQUE BIOPARK ZOO (GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND)
Monitor Lizards
Family VARANIDAE
Komodo Dragon
Varanus komodosis
ALBUQUERQUE BIOPARK ZOO (INDONESIA)
Skinks
Family SCINCIDAE
Great Plains Skink
Plestiodon obsoletus
Spiny/Short-Horned Lizards
Family PHRYNOSOMATIDAE
Roundtail Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma modestum
Greater Short-horned Lizard
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Eastern Side-Botched Lizard
Uta stansburiana
Plateau Fence Lizard
Sceloporus tristichus
Southwestern Fence Lizard
Sceloporus cowlesi
Whiptails
Family TEIIDAE
Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail
Aspidoscelis exsanguis
Common Checkered Whiptail
Aspidoscelis tesselatus
Desert Grassland Whiptail
Aspidoscelis uniparens
New Mexico Whiptail
Aspidoscelis neomexicanus
Snakes
Suborder SERPENTES
Colubrid Snakes
Family COLUBRIDAE
Coachwhip
Masticophis flagellum
Desert Kingsnake
Lampropeltis splendida
RATTLESNAKE MUSEUM, ALBUQUERQUE
Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis
Gopher Snake
Pituophis catenifer
Great Plains Rat Snake
Pantherophis emoryi
Plains Hognosed Snake
Heterodon nasicus
RATTLESNAKE MUSEUM, ALBUQUERQUE
Vipers
Family VIERIDAE
Rattlesnakes
Genus CROTALUS SPP.
Arizona Black Rattlesnake
Crotalus oreganus cerberus
RATTLESNAKE MUSEUM, ALBUQUERQUE
Banded Rock Rattlesnake
Crotalus lepidus klauberi
ALBUQUERQUE BIOPARK ZOO
Arizona Black Rattlesnake
Crotalus oreganus cerberus
RATTLESNAKE MUSEUM, ALBUQUERQUE
Western Black-Tailed Rattlesnake
Crotalus molossus
ALBUQUERQUE BIOPARK ZOO
Black-Tailed Diamondback x Prairie Rattlesnake
Crotalus atrox x Crotalus viridis
RATTLESNAKE MUSEUM, ALBUQUERQUE
Mottled Rock Rattlesnake
Crotalus lepidus lepidus
RATTLESNAKE MUSEUM, ALBUQUERQUE
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Crotalus atrox
ALBUQUERUQE BIOPARK ZOO
Western Massasauga (Pygmy Rattlesnake)
Sistrurus tergeminus
RATTLESNAKE MUSEUM, ALBUQUERQUE
Turtles/Tortoises
Order TESTUDINES
Common Name:
Cooters
Painted Turtles
Map Turtles
Pond Sliders
Red-Eared Sliders
Genus species:
Pseudemys spp.
Chrysemys picta
Graptemys spp.
Trachemys spp.
Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans
Common Name:
Common Snapping Turtle
Genus species:
Chelydra serpentina
Common Name:
Spiny Softshell Turtle
Genus species:
Apalone spinifera
Common Name:
Tortoises
Family:
Testudinidae
Pond/Box Turtles
Family EMYDIDAE
Rio Grande Cooter
Pseudemys gorzugi
ALBUQUERQUE BIOPARK ZOO
Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta
Map Turtles
Graptemys spp.
RIO GRANDE NATURE CENTER STATE PARK
Pond Slider
Trachemys scripta
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO DUCK POND
Red-Eared Slider
Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans
Snapping Turtles
Family CHELYDRIDAE
Common Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina
Softshell Turtles
Family TRIONYCHIDAE
Spiny Softshell Turtle
Chelydra serpentina
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